boiling point when manchester city walk out and you sense it will be reaching. is this a match where you could justify buying a half and half a scarf? pretty much the same team that real madrid had a year ago. karim benzema with the winner in extra time a year ago stop that was after they equalised very late on in normal time. after they equalised very late on in normaltime. in after they equalised very late on in normal time. in the final they beat liverpool. what has changed for manchester city? £51 million has brought erling haaland who is on 51 goals and counting. you sense that he is chomping at the bit to go at the 14 he is chomping at the bit to go at the 1a time european champions. chatting to some of the real madrid supporters, they were fairly tongue in cheek saying that we do not fear erling haaland and we were keeping very quiet but they will have to have match of their lives, the real madrid defence who are missing militao who is suspended, so rudiger will ha
the first leg of their champions league semi final. city are top of the premeir league, they have an fa cup final to come injune and are three games away from lifting the only trophy that s so far eluded pep guardiola during his time at the etihad. olly foster reports from madrid. they ve been here before almost exactly a year ago when real madrid knocked them out at the same stage. that was one of the most extraordinary matches in the history of the champions league, the spaniards with injury time goals and an extra time winner, but manchester city and their manager come armed this time. we have haaland. best striker in the world. that s what s different. he will get two, we . are going to win 4 0. is your voice going to hold out until the match? i don t think so, no! nobody has made such an impact on the english game in their debut season 51 goals and counting, the striking viking keeping city ahead in the title race. tonight, he leads the line against the european cham
not true to who the club is and who the people of burnley are and that is the thing that we are most trying to do, to show people what real burnley is about. i did a pub crawl yesterday on my way to the stadium, working my way or the way up to turf moor, getting to know the supporters. i wanted to earn their trust. an american therapist faces up to ten years in jail after pleading guilty to supplying performance enhancing drugs to olympic athletes including the banned nigerian sprinter blessing okagbare. eric lira has become the first person convicted under new laws in the usa aimed at tackling international doping conspiracies. he was found to have supplied drugs to okagbare in the build up to the tokyo olympics in 2021. another frustrating injury blow for england fast bowlerjofra archer who s returned home early from the ipljust five weeks before the ashes gets underway. archer s been suffering with a long term elbow injury and has made just five appearances
you can feel the belief running through the city support that they will conquer europe for the first time. but once again, the 1a time champions real, with their own superstars, will have a huge say in that. olly foster, bbc news, madrid. lionel messi s fatherjorge says that no decision has been made on his son s future despite reports linking him with a move to saudi arabia. messi, who won the laureus world sportsman of the year award on monday evening, is out of contract at his current club paris st germain in the summer and there have been claims he s agreed a big money move to the saudi league. but his father has put out a statement on social media saying that nothing will be decided until the end of the season. an american therapist faces up to ten years in jail after pleading guilty to supplying performance enhancing drugs to olympic athletes including the banned nigerian sprinter blessing okagbare. eric lira has become the first person convicted under new laws in the usa aimed a